Pugna

Intelligence ・ Ranged ・ Medium

Nuker 2 Pusher 2

Patch 7.41f 2026-09-15 released ・ Game data Client 6957(Oct 09 2026)

Stats

Attributes (base and gain per level)
  • Strength19 (+2/Lv)
  • Agility21 (+1.3/Lv)
  • Intelligence27 (+5.2/Lv)
Attack
  • Damage21–28
  • Base attack time1.7s
  • Base attack speed100
  • Attack range630
  • Attack point0.5s
  • Projectile speed900
Defense and movement
  • Base armor0
  • Magic resistance25%
  • Movement speed325
  • Turn rate0.6
  • Health regen0.25
  • Vision (day / night)1800 / 800

These are the base values written in the game files. Totals derived from attributes (HP, mana, armor) depend on engine-side formulas, so no estimated values are shown.

Recommended items

Items the in-game shop recommends for this hero (curated by Valve). These are not win-rate statistics.

Abilities

Nether Blast

Cooldown 5s Mana 100 / 115 / 130 / 145 Range 600 MAGICAL
ActiveCooldown5sMana100 / 115 / 130 / 145Range600

An exploding pulse deals damage to enemies and structures in the area. Deals 65% damage to structures.

Raw values (from the game files)(4)
structure_damage_mod 65
BLAST DELAY 0.8
RADIUS 400
BLAST DAMAGE 95 / 170 / 245 / 320
  • Damage is delayed by 0.8 seconds.

Decrepify

Cooldown 16.0 / 13.0 / 10.0 / 7.0s Mana 80 Range 550 / 600 / 650 / 700
ActiveCooldown16.0 / 13.0 / 10.0 / 7.0sMana80Range550 / 600 / 650 / 700

A powerful banishing spell that slows a unit and renders it unable to attack or be attacked. Healing on affected allies is increased, while afflicted enemies take extra magic damage instead.

Raw values (from the game files)(3)
%ALLY HEAL AMPLIFICATION 10 / 15 / 20 / 25
%ENEMY INCREASED MAGIC DAMAGE -20 / -30 / -40 / -50
%ENEMY MOVE SLOW -45 / -50 / -55 / -60
  • Only magical and pure damage can affect a unit under the effects of Decrepify.
  • Doesn't slow allied units.
  • Can be used on your Nether Ward.

Nether Ward

Cooldown 40s Mana 80 Range 175 MAGICAL
ActiveCooldown40sMana80Range175

Pugna places a Nether Ward at the target location. The ward will fire at any enemy hero who casts a spell dealing base damage plus the damage multiplier of the mana spent by the enemy hero.

Raw values (from the game files)(8)
WARD ATTACK RANGE 1400
BASE DAMAGE 50 / 70 / 90 / 110
DAMAGE PER MANA 1 / 1.2 / 1.4 / 1.6
%DAMAGE TO HP 0
%DAMAGE TO MANA 0
ATTACKS TO DESTROY 4 / 4 / 4 / 4
nether_ward_gold_bounty 20 / 40 / 60 / 80
self_restoration_range 1200
  • Nether Ward deals damage before the actual spell is cast, so if the caster dies the spell will have no effect.
  • Nether Ward can be decrepified.
  • Illusions and creeps deal 25% damage to Nether Ward.
Patch history
7.41d 2026-06-04
  • Cast Range increased from 150 to 175
7.41 2026-03-24
  • Damage source changed from Nether Ward to the caster

Oblivion Savant Innate Passive

Passive

Pugna can cast spells and use items while channeling. Pugna receives 1.5% spell amplification per destroyed tower.

Raw values (from the game files)(1)
tower_scale 1.5
Patch history
7.41 2026-03-24
  • Now also increases Pugna's Spell Amplification by 1.5% per destroyed tower

Life Drain

Cooldown 7s Mana 115 / 160 / 205 Range 700 MAGICAL
ActiveCooldown7sMana115 / 160 / 205Range700

CHANNELED - When cast on an enemy, Pugna drains health from the target enemy unit to heal himself and granting vision over the target. When cast on an ally, Pugna will drain his own health into his ally.

Raw values (from the game files)(4)
ENEMY DRAIN PER SECOND 150 / 250 / 350
ALLY DRAIN/HEAL PER SECOND 150 / 250 / 350
tick_rate 0.25 / 0.25 / 0.25
drain_buffer 200
Patch history
7.40b 2025-12-23
  • Mana Cost increased from 100/150/200 to 115/160/205

Talents

Level 25 +200 Nether Blast Damage +1.9 Nether Ward Damage Per Mana
Level 20 +15% Life Drain Heal +1.5s Decrepify Duration
Level 15 +30% Decrepify Movement Speed To Allies +250 Health
Level 10 -1s Nether Blast Cooldown +2 Nether Ward Health

One of the two per level is chosen. They appear in the order registered in the game files.

Patch history (hero and talents)

7.41e 2026-07-30
  • Base Intelligence increased from 26 to 27
  • Damage at level 1 increased from 47-54 to 48-55
7.41d 2026-06-04
  • Base Mana Regen increased by 0.25
7.41 2026-03-24
  • Base Movement Speed decreased from 330 to 325
7.40b 2025-12-23
Talents
  • Level 15 Talent Health decreased from +300 to +250
7.40 2025-12-15
Talents
  • Level 15 Talent Health decreased from +350 to +300
  • Level 20 Talent Life Drain Heal decreased from +20% to +15%
  • Level 25 Talent Nether Blast Damage increased from +180 to +200

Background

In the realm of Pugna's birth, near the vents of the Nether Reaches, there stood a lamasery devoted to the Arts of Oblivion, which drew its power from the nether energies. The Grandmaster of the temple compound had himself passed into Oblivion several years prior, leaving his academy without a leader. From the moment of their master's death, the regents of the temple began rites of divination to identify their master's reincarnation, and eventually all signs converged on the immediate neighborhood. Several villages squatted in the shadow of the temple, their alleys and plazas full of the laughter of squalling children. Pugna, a mere thirteen months of age, was but one candidate among the local brats, and on the appointed day he was presented at the temple alongside two other promising tots. The lamas offered a jumble of worn relics to the children, treasured possessions of their former grandmaster. One boy reached for a porphyry wand that had belonged to the lama...and put it in his nostril. An impish girl pulled out an amulet that had also been the lama's, and immediately swallowed it. Pugna regarded the other two coolly, gave a merry laugh, and blasted them with gouts of emerald flame, reducing them to ashes in an instant. He then snatched up the wand and amulet, saying 'Mine!' The regents hoisted the beaming Pugna on their shoulders, wrapped him in their grandmaster's vestments, and rushed him to the throne before his mood could change. Within five years, the temple itself was another pile of ash, which pleased Pugna to no end.

Details

Internal namenpc_dota_hero_pugna
Hero ID45
Aliases / search termsPugna, プーニャ, ぷーにゃ, pu-nya